Surge in intercommunal conflict causing immense harm to civilians in South Sudan, according to the latest UNMISS Quarterly Brief Civilians are bearing the brunt of a surge in intercommunal conflict...
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State of Palestine: Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (Period from 1 November 2022 to 31 October 2023) [EN/AR] (March 2024)
REPORT OVERVIEW Updates on the advancement of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Reports on the dramatic increase in the intensity, severity and regularity of...
UN Human Rights Office - OPT: UN Human Rights Office in Occupied Palestinian Territory deplores further killings of people waiting for aid deliveries in Gaza [EN/AR]
The UN Human Rights Office in Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) deplores the recent spate of killings of people while waiting to access aid deliveries in Gaza. On the evening of 14 March 2024,...
Nigeria: UN Human Rights Chief appalled by recent mass abductions
GENEVA (15 March 2024) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today expressed outrage at the recent abductions by gunmen of hundreds of people in Nigeria. “I am appalled by the recurrent...
Craintes face à la situation catastrophique à Gaza alors que le conflit brutal entre dans son sixième mois
A PARTIR DE Jeremy Laurence, porte-parole du Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme LIEU Genève Nous entrons aujourd’hui dans le sixième mois d’un conflit brutal qui a détruit la...
UN Human Rights Office - OPT: UN Human Rights Office calls on Israeli authorities to halt imminent home demolitions and forced displacement of Palestinians in Al Bustan, occupied East Jerusalem [EN/AR]
Israel must immediately stop home demolitions and forcible displacement impending for 1,550 Palestinians in al Bustan neighbourhood, Silwan. Israeli authorities have threatened to destroy the...
Alto Comisionado describe desprecio absoluto por la vida humana en Sudán
PRONUNCIADO POR Volker Türk, Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos EN 55º Período de Sesiones del Consejo de Derechos Humanos - Diálogo Interactivo Mejorado sobre Sudán ...
Journée des femmes : « Une paix durable ne sera possible que si les femmes participent activement aux débats », déclare Volker Türk
Sans femmes dans les sphères du pouvoir, il ne peut y avoir de paix. De justice. De démocratie. Sans les femmes, dans toute leur diversité, il n’y a absolument aucun progrès. Nous célébrons la...
Fears over Gaza catastrophe as brutal conflict enters sixth month
FROM Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Jeremy Laurence LOCATION Geneva Today we are entering the sixth month of a brutal conflict that has destroyed the lives and homes of...
UN Human Rights Chief deplores new moves to expand Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank [EN/AR]
GENEVA (8 March 2024) -- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today deplored Israel's latest actions regarding the occupied West Bank, saying the drastic acceleration in settlement building is...
Women’s Day: “Enduring peace will only be built with women at the table,” says Türk
DELIVERED BY - Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Without women at the tables of power, there can be no peace. No justice. No democracy. Without women - in all their diversity - there...
Le Haut-Commissaire déplore les nouvelles mesures d’expansion des colonies israéliennes en Cisjordanie occupée
GENÈVE (le 8 mars 2024) – le Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme Volker Türk a déploré aujourd’hui les dernières mesures prises par Israël concernant la Cisjordanie occupée,...
El Jefe del ACNUDH deplora las últimas medidas de Israel para ampliar sus asentamientos en las zonas ocupadas de la Ribera Occidental
GINEBRA (8 de marzo de 2024) – El Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Volker Türk, deploró hoy las últimas medidas adoptadas por Israel en relación con las zonas...
Ukraine: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict - February 2024
Significant incidents On 3 February, an attack struck a bakery and a café in the occupied Lysychansk, Luhansk region, which reportedly resulted in 29 people killed and 9 injured. At least 13...
Le Haut-Commissaire souligne le « mépris insidieux pour la vie humaine » au Soudan
PRONONCÉ PAR Volker Türk, Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme À Cinquante-cinquième session du Conseil des droits de l’homme – Dialogue interactif renforcé sur le Soudan Madame...
Accountability for Domestic violence in Iraq: Promoting justice and non-discrimination [EN/AR]
UNAMI/OHCHR Report Calls for Further Measures to Address Domestic Violence in Iraq Baghdad, 07 March 2024 – Ahead of the International Women’s Day, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq...
Haïti : Volker Türk évoque une situation « insoutenable » et appelle à une action rapide et décisive
GENÈVE (6 mars 2024) – Le Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme, Volker Türk, a exhorté aujourd’hui la communauté internationale à agir rapidement et de manière décisive pour...
Haiti: Türk says situation “untenable”, urges swift and decisive action
GENEVA (6 March 2024) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today urged the international community to act swiftly and decisively to prevent Haiti's further descent into chaos. Last...
Ukraine Suffers Deadliest Attack For Children in Months UN Says [EN/UK]
Kyiv, 4 March 2024 - Twelve persons, nearly half of them children, died when a drone or its remnants struck a nine-story residential building in the southern city of Odesa on Saturday the United...
Volker Türk demande de mettre fin au « carnage » à Gaza
PRONONCÉ PAR Volker Türk, Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme À Dialogue interactif sur la situation des droits de l’homme dans le Territoire palestinien occupé LIEU Geneva ...